Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「手足重繭」, with details below.
The idiom being introduced now is 「手足重繭」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
There are layers of calluses on his hands and feet. Describes long-term fatigue.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shǒu zú zhòng jiǎn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sau2 juk1 jung6/chung5/chung4 gaan2
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
